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|Definition=fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπιτεύξομαι Pl.''R.''431c: aor. 2 ἐπέτῠχον: pf. ἐπιτετύχηκα Arist.''Oec.''1352b5:—prop. [[hit the mark]], <b class="b3">ἐπιτυγχάνω τοῦ σκοποῦ</b>, opp. [[ἀποτυγχάνω]], Id.''EN''1106b33; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις Plu.2.438a: hence,<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[light upon]] or [[fall upon]], [[meet with]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> c. dat. pers., Ar.''Nu.''195,535, Th.3.75; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ Pl.''Lg.''874c: also c.dat.rei, ἐ. σορῷ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.68; ναυσί Th.8.34; βιβλίῳ Luc.''Dem.Enc.'' 27; <b class="b3">ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις</b> to [[find]] them [[open]], Pl.''Smp.''223b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c.gen.pers., μετρίου ἀνδρός Ar.''Pl.''245, cf. Plu.''Art.''12: c.gen.rei, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης Th.3.3; <b class="b3">εὐώνων ἐπιτυγχάνω</b> a low [[market]], Arist.''Oec.'' [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> rarely c.acc., τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ Pl. ''R.''431c; ἅττ' ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς Eub.123.5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., Ar.''Ra.''570, Th.6.38; mostly ὁ [[ἐπιτυχών]] = [[the first person one meets]], [[any chance person]], especially in plural, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2, Antipho 2.1.1: with neg., οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''390d; οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐπιτυχόντος εἶναι.. Id.''Euthphr.''4a; [[οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτυχόντος]] = [[on no common matter]], Id.''R.''352d: without the Art., ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος E.''HF''1248, cf. Phot.p.140R.(=gloss on Eup. 25D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[attain to]], [[reach]], [[gain]] one's [[end]], c.gen.rei, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 4.2.28, D.48.3; εὐχωλᾶς ''Inscr.Cypr.''134 H.(iv B.C.); πολιτείας ''BGU'' 113.3 (ii A.D.), etc.; τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι] Pl.''Phlb.''61d; <b class="b3">ἐπιτυγχάνω τοῦ ἀγῶνος</b> [[gain one's suit]], D.48.30; [[profit by]], [[benefit by]], φιλανθρωπίας ''BGU'' 522.8 (ii A.D.): abs., οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν ''Ep.Jac.''4.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c.part., [[succeed in]] doing, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.101,103 (but <b class="b3">ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν</b> [[find]], [[light upon]] by searching, Hp. ''VM''24): so c. inf., Luc.''Nec.''6; <b class="b3">γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν</b> he who is [[lucky]] in his son-in-law, Democr.272.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c.dat.modi, to [[be lucky]], [[successful in]] a thing, μάχῃ Aeschin.3.165: abs., to [[be successful]], Pl.''Men.''97c, Th.3.42, Arist.''Rh.''1354a9; [[ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ]] = [[if she succeeds]], Men.''Epit.''346; τἆλλα ἐ. X.''HG''4.5.19: also impers., αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε Ant.Lib.41.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., [[turn out well]], αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις [[successful]], Plb.6.53.2, cf. Hipparch. ap. Stob.4.44.81, D.S.1.1, Plu.2.674a; <b class="b3">φάρμακον ἐπιτετευγμένον</b> [[proved]] [[remedy]], Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Gal.12.403.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> c.dat.pers., [[converse]], [[talk with]] one, Pl.''Lg.''758c.